Washington - Omarosa Manigault, best-known
for repeatedly being fired on the TV show "The Apprentice," is
being considered for a job in Donald Trump's White House, a
member of the president-elect's transition team said on Tuesday.
A lecturer on branding and marketing at Howard University
and a former Mrs. America pageant contestant, Manigault, 42, was
one of Trump's more visible African-American supporters during
his successful election bid.
The Youngstown, Ohio, native also worked at the White House
during the Clinton administration, in Vice President Al Gore's
office.
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Trump won national attention by hosting the first 14 seasons
of the NBC TV game show "The Apprentice," in which contestants
vied to demonstrate their business skills and win a job running
one of his companies. Typically, Trump would eliminate one
hopeful each week with his trademark phrase, "You're fired."